Eight league games and eight victories this season and a total of 16 straight SPL wins since he succeeded Tony Mowbray in March - Neil Lennon's record in charge of Celtic is extraordinary.
Yet only on Sunday can he supervise a success that would, at last, yield tangible reward.
Lennon's period as caretaker manager encompassed the first eight matches, but Rangers had already long vanished from sight in the defence of their title when he took over.
come on Celtic!